Pretty sure that Field of Dreams farmer used an Atkins saw

[C. in Indy]

Yeah,  it was hard to snap this picture,  but I'm pretty sure this is an  Atkins panel-size saw from the post-1940s era:

   


Happy woodworking!

[EightFingers]

Would you set your plane atop a saw?

[Mike Brady]

Cutting 2 X 12s with a panel saw will make a man out of you...well at least your right arm.

[AHill]

Would you set your plane atop a saw?

Would you set your saw atop a hand brace?

[Bill_Houghton]

Would you use decent tools like the saw, brace, and perhaps plane (can't tell from the photo exactly what the plane is, other than a block plane), and then check level on a project that size with a plastic torpedo level?

Also, a Sharpie, while it will leave a highly visible line, will also leave a wide line, leading to sloppy cuts. But maybe it was good enough for the bleachers being built.

[AHill]

Pretty sure this is a made for TV picture. Those bleachers were probably made with power tools.

[Bruce Haugen]

Would you set your plane atop a saw?

Cutting 2 X 12s with a panel saw will make a man out of you...well at least your right arm.

I was really happy when I got old enough that my dad let me cut a 2X12 with a Skilsaw rather than a hand saw.

[Admiral]

Would you use decent tools like the saw, brace, and perhaps plane (can't tell from the photo exactly what the plane is, other than a block plane), and then check level on a project that size with a plastic torpedo level?

Also, a Sharpie, while it will leave a highly visible line, will also leave a wide line, leading to sloppy cuts.  But maybe it was good enough for the bleachers being built.

Ha, ha, we all point out such things, but we have to remember that the character, Ray Kinsella, was a farmer, jack of many trades, so typically would work with what is available.  My father in law, may he RIP, was a farmer and used some very, very questionable building techniques.  But I must say, rode past the old farm the other day and his DIY corn crib was still standing!

[C. in Indy]

Yes,   all in good fun!

I'll bet even the 1989 2x12's  were better wood than what is selling today